more stuffs!

hur hur..my small shipment of figurines came in today - Taki Corp's Tenko and Griffon Enterprises' Saber!

the story was like this..somehow i couldn't get the tenko in sg..browsed 1999..saw that it was on discount! 45% off! (the last i check there were still stocks..interested parties can have a look) true that the jpy has rose to exorbitant levels..but with this amount of discount, it really IS cheaper than what would be offered here in sg, even if i pay for the shipping charges of just shipping one piece over! (i suppose it's quite obvious that more items = more cost effective shipping..its a linear equation with the y intercept != zero)

so yes w.r.t what i was just explaining, to lighten the load of the shipping charges..i continued to scout for things to buy..then! i saw the deformate saber on discount too! but it was only 30% discount..but hey..with the exchange rate now of 100jpy to sgd1.65, this discount will tally up to 100jpy to sgd1.155! of course this calculation does not include the shipping charges..but yea..overall it's still more cost effective..and the best thing..i got the last piece!

just now when i opened the box..i was surprised to c the box was such a perfect fit! the height of tenko's box was exactly the width of the carton used! the saber box..which is much smaller..is beside it..and paper was used to fill the gaps surrounding the 2 boxes + the top and bottom of them. this actually prevents the contents from moving around a lot - when i opened the box..everything was still fitted nicely..and some force was required to remove the papers before i could remove the 2 boxes. however..personally..i still prefer animaxis's packaging - they used bubble wrap to first wrap around the figurine boxes, and then filled the space with "plastic air pillows"..kinda looks like a sausage but its essentially just plastic and air. although the contents may move around a bit inside the carton..but at least there's plenty of cushion SHOULD THERE BE MISHANDLING..and yes..plastic is much lighter than paper..

ok speaking of which..when i was trying to find out the weight of the 2 figurines to roughly estimate my shipping..i was shocked to find that the tenko is about 500g, as compared to saber, which is around 250g. and true enough..when i tried holding the box..tenko really felt..very much heavier..weirdness..i suppose it's all the plastic needed to mould her outfit

and yea and all these aside..i also got myself a 1/6 kotobukiya hinagiku..decided that since i pre-ordered a nagi..might as well complete it! now im a bit lazy to display them though..think i will do it when i have time tomorrow or during the holidays.